About Dustin Lawson-Hart

DUSTIN J. LAWSON-HARTstays crunchy – even in milk! His greatest achievements in life are learning to walk and chew gum at the same time and clearing the optional dungeon in Tales of Symphonia. He also enjoys long walks on the beach and tickling random strangers. No one really knows if he is an artist, a savant, or simply off his rocker.

On the Díadae Saga: "It's pretty much a standard issue 'coming-of-age except they randomly have magic powers' story. Boy meets girl, boy blows up soda can with his mind, boy and girl go on the lam so they don't get clobbered by the forces of evil. Like 'Firestarter' without all the F-bombs."

On Accelerati: "We can sum this one up quite easily with two words: Futuristic. Racing. It's also a girl versus the world story... but yeah, mostly the racing."

Currently, he resides on the outskirts of Washington, DC, where he divides his time evenly between writing, podcasting via Google Hangouts, and an extensive windshield collection. He has many kinds!

Wendi Tsang never expected to worry about anything other than trying to survive her classload, her job, and the unwelcome advances of bros and jerks. One night, however, she was pushed too far. A... More > moment of reckless desperation put Dacie in her apartment. The petite, well-proportioned being from another world promised her easy relief from her strife; a way to get revenge on the ones responsible. Should she trust her? Or is she going to lead her down an evil path from which there is no return?< Less

Wendi Tsang never expected to worry about anything other than trying to survive her classload, her job, and the unwelcome advances of bros and jerks. One night, however, she was pushed too far. A... More > moment of reckless desperation put Dacie in her apartment. The petite, well-proportioned being from another world promised her easy relief from her problems; a way to get revenge on the ones responsible. Should she trust her? Or is she going to lead her down an evil path from which there is no return?< Less

Even by his own account, Nate Severance is nobody
special. Barely squeaking by with a menial day job and
trying desperately to turn his aptitude for graphic design
into a living wage, he spends his... More > free time playing the
online puzzle game "Splysrz" and his weekends partying
and hoping to meet the right girl.
When he does, however, something is off. Nate feels
drawn to her magnetically, far beyond simple infatuation.
Without knowing her name or anything else about her, he
finds himself at her apartment, leaving both parties shaken
and paranoid. Meanwhile, a job interview nearly turns
into a one night stand, girls are throwing themselves at
him on the subway, and he feels a strange compulsion to
attack friends and coworkers over trivial matters.
Another user on "Splysrz" suddenly calls him by name,
despite there being no way she could have found that out.
Therefore, men in suits coming to take him and the woman
of his dreams away no longer seems so out of place by
the time it occurs.< Less

COMBRÁITHRES DÍADAE. What can it mean? Wells Kyong would love to find out - and so would his traveling companion, Vivianna Bricklin. A vintage motorcycle and cryptic instructions from a... More > total stranger are their only clues, leading them steadily toward the truth. They have other questions, too: why are murderous villains hot on their heels? Why can they make household objects explode? And, most importantly, how are they ever going to explain running away with the neighbor kid to their parents? These answers and more await them - in an all-night greasy spoon just off the highway. But can they believe everything they hear?< Less

[Díadae Saga #3.]
WELLS KYONG and VIVIANNA BRICKLIN have been to the edge of sanity and cheated death. Now, they're back in home sweet hometown, reconnecting with friends and family and... More > navigating the more mundane horrors of Vastmyre High School. Cliques, bullies and lousy cafeteria food are almost welcome compared to what they've been through at the hands of the sinister LANN BRIGMAR.
Alas, status quo refuses to maintain itself. Mysterious notes are popping into lockers. Wells and Anna find themselves able to execute complicated martial arts techniques they've neither seen nor heard of before, much less practiced. Their mentors and allies, the DIADAE, are around every corner - as are their enemies. And through it all, Wells finds his link to Anna deepening in such a profound way that it's frightening.
Add to that the reappearance of his boyhood crush, and Wells is headed for an unusual Autumn semester... if he survives that long.< Less

Wells Kyong is a fairly unremarkable guy growing up in Suburbia; soon-to-be eleventh-grader, video game addict, and a sucker for a cutie in a swimsuit. He's also been stuck inside for weeks, slogging... More > through summer school homework with his father breathing down his neck. But when he tries to rescue his neighbor from a kitchenfire, Wells realizes he's never said two words to her before. How can you live inches from someone for over a decade and not know they exist? Then a chance encounter behind his school casts all these questions in a sinister light. Strangers are lurking around the town of Vastmyre, watching his every move. Bizarre symbols haunt his dreams. And VIVIANNA, the girl next door, is becoming more and more important to him... whether he wants her to be or not.< Less

WELLS KYONG is a fairly unremarkable guy growing up in Suburbia; soon-to-be eleventh-grader, video game addict, and a sucker for a cutie in a swimsuit. He's also been stuck inside for weeks, slogging... More > through summer school homework with his father breathing down his neck. But when he tries to rescue his neighbor from a kitchenfire, Wells realizes he's never said two words to her before. How can you live inches from someone for over a decade and not know they exist?
Then a chance encounter behind his school casts all these questions in a sinister light. Strangers are lurking around the town of Vastmyre, watching his every move. Bizarre symbols haunt his dreams. And VIVIANNA, the girl next door, is becoming more and more important to him... whether he wants her to be or not.< Less

[Díadae Saga, Book 2]
COMBRÁITHRES DÍADAE. What can it mean? Wells Kyong would love to find out - and so would his traveling companion, Vivianna Bricklin. A vintage motorcycle... More > and cryptic instructions from a total stranger are their only clues, leading them steadily toward the truth. They have other questions, too: why are murderous villains hot on their heels? Why can they make household objects explode? And, most importantly, how are they ever going to explain running away with the neighbor kid to their parents?
All these answers and more are waiting for them - in an all-night greasy spoon just off the highway. But can they believe everything they hear?< Less

[Díadae Saga, Book 1]
Wells Kyong is a fairly unremarkable guy growing up in Suburbia; soon-to-be eleventh-grader, video game addict, and a sucker for a cutie in a swimsuit. He's also been... More > stuck inside for weeks, slogging through summer school homework with his father breathing down his neck. But when he tries to rescue his neighbor from a kitchenfire, Wells realizes he's never said two words to her before. How can you live inches from someone for over a decade and not know they exist?
Then a chance encounter behind his school casts all these questions in a sinister light. Strangers are lurking around the town of Vastmyre, watching his every move. Bizarre symbols haunt his dreams. And VIVIANNA, the girl next door, is becoming more and more important to him... whether he wants her to be or not.< Less

COMBRÁITHRES DÍADAE. What can it mean? Wells Kyong would love to find out - and so would his traveling companion, Vivianna Bricklin. A vintage motorcycle and cryptic instructions... More > from a total stranger are their only clues, leading them steadily toward the truth. They have other questions, too: why are murderous villains hot on their heels? Why can they make household objects explode? And, most importantly, how are they ever going to explain running away with the neighbor kid to their parents?
All these answers and more are waiting for them - in an all-night greasy spoon just off the highway. But can they believe everything they hear?< Less